Thinking about the incident with the Spiritwalker at the end of the strange ritual he performed after Sedon's calling ceremony a few days ago, the Lea... Flintknapper felt certain he had prevented the spiritual leader from poisoning the former child of his hearth.Even knowing he had thwarted an attempt to harm Sala, he continued to worry about the young woman. If he had not been there at that moment, not watching very closely at that moment...She and the Light-Eyed One need more allies, he said. Before moving to sit down, she turned to me.“Jonathan, meet my fellow council members. Going clockwise around the room, we have Pharomna, leader of the Blue dragons,” she said, gesturing towards a young woman wearing a blue dress. She smiled and nodded, allowing Selalea to continue.“Beside her is Olmith, leader of the Black dragons. Next is Bonakr, leader of the White dragons, and beside him, Bonanem, leader of the Yellow dragons. Following him is Shaemu, the original Chromatic dragon, who is. Jessica nodded. ‘Jake, I found these in the desk,’ she said softly, handing him some papers. Jake smiled as he took the papers from her. ‘Let’s go kiddo, before they get the power back on,’ he said. ‘Oh, leave the lighter,’ he added. Jessica turned the lighter off. ‘How will we see?’ she asked softly. He grinned. ‘Night vision goggles,’ he answered quietly, pulling her out of the room and leading her stealthily down the hall. As they neared the entrance to the compound, Jake flicked off. “No, actually no girlfriends at all. I haven’t been on a date in two years.”I spun around and looked at him.“No way. You must have women over here all the time. Take them to dinner and the movies. Weekends somewhere. Fuck them in your bedroom.”Swearing was much easier the second time.“No, really. I work fairly long hours and Deb is here when I’m home. I gave up on the idea of sex with women here twenty-one months ago, not that I’m counting, and I’ve stuck to it.”“So, you…” I stopped, couldn’t.